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What is the law regarding the specificity of support for a proscribed organisation?
The police have described quite general rules for interpreting section 12(1A) of the Terrorism Act with regards Palestine Action. The act says:
(1A) A person commits an offence if the person—
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What is a charity?
Without legal rigour, defining a charity is relatively straightforward. However, legally there are many ways to set one up. According to the gov.uk website, in the United Kingdom the four most common ...
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(Australia) Can an organisation's duty of care for a minor be waived by a guardian?
Can a guardian in Australia legally waive an organisation's duty of care to a minor by signing a waiver?
Are such waivers enforceable, and do they remove or reduce the organisation's duty of care? Any ...
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Lien from subcontractor whose work was redone
Consider the following scenario:
General contractor GC takes on a construction contract to repair/refurbish a house. Part of the work was subcontracted out to subcontractor A; however subcontractor A'...
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What fair use provisions are covered by the constitution in the US?
Here in New Zealand, there is a bill in parliament to amend the copyright act, to specifically allow parody and satire. I was reading the bill and one sentence confused me.
The purpose of this Bill ...
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Is there any hard data or objective information on how high profile media attention affects criminal trials?
I think I remember reading somewhere (so take it with a huge grain of salt) that in reality, criminal trials are rarely the thrilling 50/50 toss-ups they are on TV. In reality, criminal trials only ...
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UK company DSAR query: right to retrieve WhatsApp messages for overseas members of a group
Alice is a non-employed, unpaid director of a UK not-for-profit company.
The board is made up of unpaid directors like Alice, from various countries, plus the full-time, UK-based (paid) Executive ...
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How would double jeopardy apply in the P. Diddy case?
I had a question earlier today about double jeopardy, and the answer was surprising to me, it also raises a strange implication for the P. Diddy trial.
Basically, double jeopardy means you can't be ...
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How does double jeopardy work? [duplicate]
Full disclosure, I did go looking and there are a lot of questions about double jeopardy here, but they all concern specific scenarios. They answered a lot of questions for me, but I'm still lacking ...
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Can a complainant always hire a lawyer to keep himself anonymous, instead of requesting an anonymization order or publication ban?
Undoubtedly, a complainant can optionally hire a lawyer to represent them in any complaint.
A complainant can request a confidentiality, or anonymization, sealing order, or exclusion order, ...
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Can ex-employer ask/require in a severance agreement that if I plan to disclose information about the severance agreement, I must tell them first?
Can a severance agreement ask/force an employee to inform the ex-employer if they plan to disclose the severance agreement?
My understanding is that the National Labor Relations Act allows me to share ...
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Does this detail of the Michelle Hadley case count as consent?
I've learned about the Michelle Hadley case in California. Basically, Michelle's ex and his New Wife (NW) had a convoluted scheme where they impersonated Michelle impersonating NW inviting men to come ...
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Could a man accidentally rape his girlfriend’s twin sister? [duplicate]
Just to be clear, I am absolutely not making light of the seriousness of sexual assault.
I saw this supposedly true story on Reddit, and now I can’t help but wonder. (Unfortunately I don’t know what ...
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Does a domain name count as common law trademark for an app?
My app is named "Strong Smile".
The brand website for the app is "www.strongsmile.com"
Do I have common law trademarks for
Strong Smile
StrongSmile
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Arrested for Drunk Driving - It should be innocent until prove guilty right?
I have been told that in some states that if you are arrested for drunk driving, and not yet gone to trial, then you have to install in your car a ignition breathalyzer. It seems to me that having to ...
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